JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000200010043-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 18, 2003
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: November 10, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 10 November 1971
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5. ( - JMM) Called Chairman Lucien Nedzi, Intelligence
Subcommittee of House Armed Services,, to make him aware of Senator Stuart
Symington's speech in the Senate this morning raising a number of questions
about the recent White House announcement concerning the intelligence
community. I particularly emphasized to Mr. Nedzi that the White House
announcement involved no drastic changes in existing practices, was designed
primarily to promote efficient and better coordination within the community,
and to give the DCI authority to deal with the community budget. I noted
that the National Security Council Intelligence Committee chaired by Dr.
Kissinger was a requirements committee charged with establishing national
priorities for intelligence collection, rather than with running the CIA.
Mr. Nedzi suggested it might be useful if we put together a summary
of the specific changes resulting from the President's announcement, perhaps
in the form of parallel columns noting the differences between. the old and
new practices within the community. I said I thought this a constructive
suggestion and we would see what we could do, including perhaps notes on
the significance of these changes.
6. (0 - JMM) Ed Braswell, Chief Counsel, Senate Armed
Services Committee, called to say he had a copy of the Symington speech
being delivered on the floor, and summarized the contents. I said we would
send right over for it. Mr. Braswell asked for any press material we had
on the subject of the White House announcement, which we promptly sent over.
Later in the day, I talked again with Mr. Braswell and said if the
Chairman thought it useful for the Director to appear before the Subcommittee
in order to explain to Senator Symington and all the others at one sitting his
understanding of the implications of the President's announcement, the Director
would be willing to do so. I also called Mr. Braswell's attention to the
wording of the announcement regarding the establishment of a National Security
Council Intelligence Committee. I noted that this Committee was concerned with
requirements for, and evaluation of, intelligence collection from the standpoint
of the consumers, and was in no way responsible for the running of the CIA or
other intelligence agencies as such. I said this point had apparently caused
some confusion in the minds of Senator Symington and others.
Mr. Braswell said he wanted the legal basis for the changes in the
intelligence community. He questioned whether they might violate the
Executive Reorganization Act, and whether they were consistent with the
National Security Act. I said we would see what we could do.
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